Riah — #3594 US girls' name
614 babies named Riah in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Riah was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Riah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Riah
The Social Security Administration has registered 614 babies named Riah between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Riah currently holds the #3594 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Riah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Riah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Riah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Riah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 614 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Riah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Riah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2024)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #3594 among girls.
614 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 43 births in a single year.
Riah popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 2016 (Riah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Riah accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Riah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 225 births that decade — 37% of Riah's all-time total
Riah decade highlights
- Peak decade 225 births
- Runner-up 190 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Riah's strongest decade
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Riah by state
Where Riah concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 14 | 2.3% |
21 of 614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.